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KCNA Refutes Misinformation about "Illegal Sale of Uranium Hexafluoride"

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, May 29 (KCNA) -- The New York Times on May 22 carried a false story that north Korea sold weapon grade uranium to Libya in early 2001 and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently obtained clear evidence that it was provided by north Korea. There has been, in fact, no deal in enriched uranium between the DPRK and Libya.
    The U.S. much ado about the DPRK's illegal sale of uranium hexafluoride is a sheer fabrication. It is nothing but a despicable political plot to charge the DPRK with the proliferation of nuclear substance and a foolish attempt to tarnish the international image of the DPRK and dodge daily mounting worldwide criticism and denunciation over the nuclear issue.
    It is widely known that the U.S. was rejected at the 2nd round of the Six Way talks and the meeting of the working group of the talks when it raised the fiction of the "enriched uranium program," while pressurizing the DPRK to accept CVID.
    It is beyond doubt that the U.S., much upset by this, spread such rumor in a bid to charge the DPRK with "nuclear proliferation" and make the "enriched uranium program" sound plausible.
    The U.S., ill-famed for lies and deceptive tricks, egged the IAEA, its tool, on to hatch a new plot to pressurize the DPRK to admit its "enriched uranium program". This is absolutely intolerable.
    The smear campaign launched by the U.S. on the basis of the fiction of "illegal sale of uranium hexafluoride," not content with spreading worldwide the rumor about the DPRK's nonexistent "enriched uranium program," clearly indicates that the U.S. has become most desperate in pursuing its hostile policy toward the DPRK.
    Another sinister aim sought by the U.S. in this smear campaign is to raise again the fiction of "enriched uranium program" at the next round of the six way talks and force the DPRK to admit it in a bid to deliberately throw an obstacle to the talks.
    The U.S. is sadly mistaken if it thinks it can put international pressure upon the DPRK under the pretext of "illegal sale of uranium hexafluoride" and the like in an attempt to force it to disarm itself.
    The DPRK will increase its capability for self-defence in every way under the uplifted banner of Songun no matter what others may say.